diff --git a/object.c b/object.c
index 8a74eb85e9..16eb944e98 100644
--- a/object.c
+++ b/object.c
@@ -287,8 +287,7 @@ struct object *parse_object_with_flags(struct repository *r,
 	}
 
 	if ((obj && obj->type == OBJ_BLOB && repo_has_object_file(r, oid)) ||
-	    (!obj && repo_has_object_file(r, oid) &&
-	     oid_object_info(r, oid, NULL) == OBJ_BLOB)) {
+	    (!obj && oid_object_info(r, oid, NULL) == OBJ_BLOB)) {
 		if (!skip_hash && stream_object_signature(r, repl) < 0) {
 			error(_("hash mismatch %s"), oid_to_hex(oid));
 			return NULL;